Our Projects

Okay so as some of you may know Pehrson and I moved to Los Angeles from Hawaii and brought everything we owned in the back of one truck. It mostly just consisted of clothes and wedding gifts. No furniture, no bed, no table...basically Nothing! So slowly, but surely, we have some things that we can now call our own. Almost everything we bought was from craigslist or garage sales, or thrift stores that we would try and fix them up or paint them. Basically our living room and little balcony have been project rooms since we moved here in september. Nights and nights of sanding, and painting and finishing. It's been fun and i think that this will be something Pehrson and I will always love to do. We just have to do it in spurts so we don't get burnt out to quickly.

We worked on this table the longest! We were so happy when this one was done. The paint has stayed on great so far, so we are glad we took our time. (but it took FOREVER!)

We bought a filing cabinet (you can kind of see it below) from goodwill. It is a metal cabinet with wallpaper on it. Sounds weird, but we love it. And then Pehrson found an old metal school desk in the basement at USC and bought it for like 20 bucks. He was the mastermind behind the desk, painted a pin-stripe on it and everything. (i think its the dentist in him).

My mom is a teacher and she moved classrooms this summer and had an extra shelf that we painted. We thought we got a more grey color, but when we painted it turned out more blue. We like it though. (notice the cardboard and tarp on the floor thats how our apartment was for months! I never took a picture of the shelf with all its stuff on it, but you get the idea)

When Pehrson was gone this last summer for 5 weeks i had to stay busy so the time went by faster. I decided to try and sew a duvet cover. It wasn't as bad as I thought and if i can do, everyone can!

I also attempted to paint...i am not an artist...it kind of looks like a 5 year old painted it. But, it's still a work in progress, I think.

We also got these white couches from craigslist. People a.k.a "our moms" think we are crazy for buying white couches but they have covers and you can just take them off and clean them. Plus we done have kids...yet!

So that's what we have been doing since september whenever we get a chance. I don't think the projects will ever end. But i kind of like it that way.

Next on our list:

-a bed frame (or just a headboard)

-paint our bikes

-P is in the process of shaping a surfboard

-I am looking for a new surfboard

-bedside tables

-tv stand

...it can go on and on. We are learning a lot and every time we start a new project we remember what works and what doesn't. So hopefully someday we will master it and while we are in school and trying to save a penny or two, it makes it fun to think of cheap ways to decorate.